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Biafra: We’ll prove Nnamdi Kanu committed no offense – IPOB lawyers
The legal team of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday said it will prove at the end of the resumed trial that the Biafra agitator committed no offense known to the law.
Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed this while addressing journalists after the court session.
He disclosed that the Nigerian government succeed in commencing the trial it has always wanted.
Kanu is facing charges bordering on terrorism before Justice James Omotosho-led Federal High Court.
During the resumed trial, the prosecution presented its first witness who testified from behind a screen.
At the end of proceedings, the judge adjourned the trial till May 2nd for continuation.
However, Ejimakor disclosed that the prosecution witness will be cross-examined during the next adjourned date.
According to Ejimakor: “Today’s hearing has been concluded. The prosecution presented its first witness who was not identified by name but by initials only and he testified from behind a screen, as was approved by the judge. On 2nd May, we shall cross-examine him and test his veracity
“Finally, the government is getting its so-called trial it has desired of late, it didn’t desire this trial for the past 10 years but for the past seven months, the government has been intent on having a trial.
“Trial commenced today. The prosecution witness was examined by direct examination by the prosecutor and he made an application.
“It made an application for the witness to be marked or to be screened away from the eye view of the general public.
“The only person that could behold him from his own part of the aisle was Kanu, he has given his direct examination and the matter was adjourned to May 2 for continuation of trial.
“So, what is going to happen on May 2nd is very specific and simple. We are going to subject that witness to cross-examination, we are going to ask him to explain certain things.
“His own answers to questions posed to him today will not be taken as true until we have finished cross-examining him on May 2nd.
“We are very hopeful that in the end our victory is assured and we shall be able to show through this trial that Kanu didn’t commit any offense known to law.”
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Man in shock after lady he lodged with in a hotel in Abuja flees with his car and other valuables
A Nigerian man is currently in shock after a young lady identified as Precious Chinyere , whom he took to a hotel in the Asokoro area in the FCT for a romantic getaway allegedly fled with his car and other personal belongings on Thursday, February 5,
The distraught man and Precious had visited the hotel and opted for a short time stay. Things took a different in the evening when the man noticed Precious had left the hotel room without notifying him and took along with her some of his personal belongings including phones and laptop and also his car.
The victim immediately reported the incident to the police.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the FCT police command, SP Josephine Adeh, told LIB that the matter is currently being investigated and that efforts are being made to apprehend the suspect.
The United States Mission in Nigeria has condemned the k!lling of more than 200 civilians in recent attacks on communities in Kwara State.
Recall that terrorists launched de@dly attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night, k!lling unsuspecting citizens.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages, opened fire on residents and burned homes.
According to reports, the de@th toll from the unfortunate incident hit 200 on Thursday night.
Reacting, the US Mission Nigeria condemned the k!lling via a post on its official X handle.
The post reads, “The United States condemns the horrific attack in Kwara state in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people, with the de@th toll still unconfirmed and many still unaccounted for.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of those affected by this senseless violence.
“We welcome President Tinubu’s order to deploy security forces to protect villages in the area and his directive to federal and state officials to provide aid to the community and bring the perpetrators of this atrocity to justice.”
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“I’ll never settle for a barber, yahoo boy or a poor man” — nail tech’s list of men she says she can’t marry sparks reactions online
A Nigerian nail technician has set social media talking after openly listing the kind of men she says she can never settle for.
In a now-viral post, she stated clearly that she refuses to “settle for less” and went on to mention professions and traits she considers a no-go area.
According to her, she can never settle for a barber, an aza man, a yahoo boy, a mechanic, an actor, a laundry man, a hype man, or a plumber. She also added that she wouldn’t marry a man with a high body count or a poor man.
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